Question regarding Personal Books on Logos

Hoping someone might help me out here.

I transcribe my sermons and then input them into a Docx file, which then goes into the personal book on Logos. Does anyone know of the fastest and easiest way to add a sermon without rebuilding the whole book? Currently, I have to rebuild the book and upload it again to the server for each small addition. Hoping there is an easier way.

Thank you

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Mark

I do the same as you do. I do not know of an easier way, but do not find myself inconvenienced by it. What I do wish would be for the ability of Logos to limit the previous versions stored in the cloud to a set number (such as 6 or 10). The reason is because I make many changes and upload new copies all the time. So there must be hundreds of old versions stored on the logos servers.

JT (alabama24)

I'm not sure what you are asking. If you want to use the personal book with the new material, it has to be rebuilt. There are no alternatives. You could, of course, wait to add the new material every month or two... However, recompiling a personal book should only take a minute or two.

Mark Barnes

I transcribe my sermons and then input them into a Docx file, which then goes into the personal book on Logos. Does anyone know of the fastest and easiest way to add a sermon without rebuilding the whole book? Currently, I have to rebuild the book and upload it again to the server for each small addition. Hoping there is an easier way.

That's the only way, unless you want to use the sermon editor or notes tool — but you won't get 'proper' Logos resources that way. Alternatively, you could just rebuild the book each month, instead of each week.

pk47

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1043526#Comment_1043526

Thanks guys. I assumed that was the only way. The only inconvenience with that particular method is that I have to essentially delete the previous file every time, which causes me to lose any highlights. But if that is what it takes to have personal books, I'm not complaining.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1043529#Comment_1043529

I have to essentially delete the previous file every time, which causes me to lose any highlights.

What do you mean "delete"? Are you losing your highlights? If so, are you simply adding the new material to the end? Is there anything which shifts the old material?

Mark

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1043529#Comment_1043529

Thanks guys. I assumed that was the only way. The only inconvenience with that particular method is that I have to essentially delete the previous file every time, which causes me to lose any highlights. But if that is what it takes to have personal books, I'm not complaining.

I do not lose my highlights unless the change is quite major. But lately, I have had to close out the file in Logos, and actually close out Logos and restart it for a new version to be built. If I do not close out Logos, then the new version will fail when building. That did not used to happen but it does happen now and it is very annoying.

Robert Neely

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1043547#Comment_1043547

I do not lose my highlights unless the change is quite major. But lately, I have had to close out the file in Logos, and actually close out Logos and restart it for a new version to be built. If I do not close out Logos, then the new version will fail when building. That did not used to happen but it does happen now and it is very annoying.

This has been a well known problem since at least Logos 6. On a few occasions I do not have to restart Logos after commpiling a PB but most of the time I do. I have not been able to find the magic combination that "works" without having to restart.

https://community.logos.com/forums/t/98408.aspx

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1043529#Comment_1043529

The only inconvenience with that particular method is that I have to essentially delete the previous file every time, which causes me to lose any highlights.

If you make changes to the same file(s), you don't have to change/delete Body Files in the Personal Books tool. As stated above, you only lose Highlights if the change is major. And you don't have to Upload the PB unless you have multiple installations of Logos (even then, you can transfer it manually).